February 25, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A 19 year old Gordonsville man, indicted for statutory rape of a 14 year old girl, entered a plea to the lesser offense of attempted statutory rape Friday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
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Jacory Watson Vaden received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days subject to judicial diversion. Vaden will be on supervised probation and he is under a restraining order to keep away from the victim.
The indictment against Vaden alleged that “on or about the 7th day of July, 2017 in DeKalb County, Vaden did intentionally, knowingly or recklessly engage in sexual penetration of (14 year old girl) and the defendant (Vaden) is at least four years older than her, constituting the offense of statutory rape.
The Smithville Police Department investigated the case against Vaden.